90.120 Civil service board -- Membership -- Appointment -- Term -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility for other office -- Removals. - Kentucky Statutes

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90.120 Civil service board -- Membership -- Appointment -- Term -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility for other office -- Removals. (1) There is created and established in cities of the first class a civil service board to be known as .... Civil Service Board. The board consists of seven (7) members of
whom six (6) shall be appointed by the mayor and the mayor is the seventh member
ex officio. The mayor, as ex officio member, shall not have the right to vote except
when necessary to break a tie. The appointive members shall be selected equally
from the two (2) political parties casting the highest and the next highest number of
votes at the last preceding general election. All members shall be appointed for a
four (4) year term. Vacancies created by death, resignation and otherwise shall be
filled for the unexpired portion of the term only. Any member of the board
appointed according to the provisions of this section shall be eligible for
reappointment unless his reappointment would offend the equal political division of
said board. (2) No member of the board shall be eligible for any appointive office of the city while a member of the board, or for one (1) year thereafter. If a member of the board
becomes a candidate for an elective office, he thereby vacates his position as a
member of the board. (3) Any member of the board may be removed by the mayor, for cause, after hearing by the mayor, and after at least ten (10) days' notice in writing has been given to the
member, which notice shall contain a copy of charges preferred against him. At the
hearing he may be represented by counsel. The finding of the mayor shall be final
and removal results in vacancy in such office. History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 1. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 61. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 1. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 16,
sec. 2.